The Short Answer
Phone and Desktop, Group by Group
Most people find a local business on a phone, so the phone score is the one that counts. On phones our sites scored a median of 94. The top 20 agencies scored 76 and the LA and Long Beach agencies scored 70.
On desktop almost everyone does well. The gap opens on phones, where the connection is slower and the chip is weaker.
The bar is the median site in each group. The thin bracket shows where the middle half of the group landed, so you can see how steady each group is.
- Built by Clickflame, 15 sites
- Top 20 Agencies, 19 sites
- LA and Long Beach SEO Agencies, 13 sites
Every Site We Tested
All 47 Home Pages, Ranked by Phone Score
Our sites are in orange. Hover or tap a row for its desktop score, how long the biggest thing on the screen took to show up, and how heavy the page is.
- 1Handy RankingClickflame100
- 2Pacific54Top 20 Agency99
- 3Smog GuideClickflame99
- 4HawkSEMLA Agency98
- 5MechanicRankClickflame98
- 6Mindful SewaClickflame98
- 7InfoStarTop 20 Agency96
- 8RemediationXClickflame96
- 9323 AreaClickflame95
- 10MeanCostClickflame95
- 11Preferred USClickflame94
- 12Roof Inspection CoClickflame94
- 13Swift Garage DoorsClickflame94
- 14Lounge LizardTop 20 Agency93
- 15websbzClickflame92
- 16ClickflameClickflame91
- 17SupercanicClickflame91
- 18Pest RatedClickflame89
- 19Tortoise and Hare SoftwareLA Agency89
- 20TrajectoryTop 20 Agency89
- 21SEO BubblesLA Agency87
- 22Use All FiveTop 20 Agency87
- 23Big DropTop 20 Agency86
- 24WEO MarketlyTop 20 Agency83
- 25Digital DotLA Agency82
- 26TLG MarketingLA Agency82
- 27Partners in Local SearchTop 20 Agency81
- 28CityBoost SEOLA Agency80
- 29Nevada Water DamageClickflame80
- 30Ready ArtworkTop 20 Agency80
- 31LocalPullTop 20 Agency76
- 32NeboTop 20 Agency76
- 33HugeTop 20 Agency73
- 34Coalition TechnologiesLA Agency70
- 35SmartSitesLA Agency67
- 36Orbit MediaTop 20 Agency64
- 37SearchbloomLA Agency58
- 38Los Angeles SEO CoLA Agency57
- 39Pony AdvertisingTop 20 Agency56
- 40SEO NobleLA Agency56
- 41Doctor MultimediaTop 20 Agency55
- 42TNT DentalTop 20 Agency54
- 43WiidemanLA Agency50
- 44efelleTop 20 Agency48
- 45PractisTop 20 Agency44
- 46Urban InsightTop 20 Agency44
- 47Ignite VisibilityLA Agency39
We are not the only fast builders. Pacific54 scored 99, HawkSEM scored 98 and InfoStar scored 96 on phones, and two of our own sites scored between 80 and 89, so they are on our fix list. The gap is in the middle, where most agency sites sit.
Scores are the middle of three Lighthouse runs on a simulated phone. A score can move a few points on another day, so treat close scores as a tie.
What Makes the Difference
Lighter Pages Show Up Sooner
The score is built from a few measurements. These are the medians for each group on a phone. The largest paint is when the biggest picture or headline finishes drawing, which is when most people decide to stay or leave.
Built by Clickflame
Top 20 Agencies
LA and Long Beach SEO Agencies
When We Rebuild a Site
25 Real Sites, Before and After
Before we pitch anyone, we rebuild their site for free and test both. These are the last 25 we measured, from roofers and mechanics to law firms and agencies. Their own sites had a median phone score of 67. Our rebuilds had a median of 96.
The names stay private because those samples belong to the owners. Each row is one business.
How We Tested
Same Day, Same Tool, Same Rules
Google Lighthouse
The same test behind Google PageSpeed Insights, version 13.5.0, run from one computer in Long Beach on November 8, 2026.
Three Runs Each
Every home page ran three times on a simulated phone and three times on desktop. We kept the middle score of each set, plus one extra phone run with real throttling as a check.
Home Pages Only
We tested the page people land on first. Our sites in the test are Clickflame and RemediationX, 323 Area, Swift Garage Doors, MechanicRank, websbz, Supercanic, Smog Guide, MeanCost, Preferred US, Pest Rated, Handy Ranking, Roof Inspection Co, Mindful Sewa, Nevada Water Damage.
What We Do Differently
Why Our Sites Stay Fast
Most agency sites run on a page builder with a stack of plugins. We hand build plain pages that do less work in the browser, then check them again after every change.
- Plain HTML pages served from Cloudflare, with no page builder in the way
- Images cut to the size each screen needs and saved as WebP
- Google Analytics waits until the page is ready instead of loading first
- Lower parts of a long page load as you scroll toward them
- Fonts kept on our own server with a matched fallback so text never jumps
- Every new page tested on a phone before it goes live
Questions
Website Speed Questions
How did you test these websites?
We ran Google Lighthouse 13.5.0 on the home page of every site, three times on a simulated phone and three times on desktop, and kept the middle score of each set. Every site was tested the same day, November 8, 2026, from the same computer in Long Beach.
Why do you use the median score?
Lighthouse scores move a few points from run to run. Taking the middle of three runs keeps one lucky or unlucky run from deciding the result.
Which agencies did you test?
The 20 firms on the websbz.com top 20 web design list that we could test, plus agencies that show up on Google for SEO company searches in Long Beach and Los Angeles. Every name and score is in the table on this page and in the download.
Why are the rebuilds not named?
Most of those sites belong to businesses we built a free sample for. Those samples are private, so we show the totals only. Before is their own site, after is our rebuild, both tested on a phone with Lighthouse.
Does a faster website really bring more calls?
Speed alone does not rank a site, but a slow phone page loses people before they see the call button. Google also uses page experience as a ranking signal, so a fast site gives your SEO a better start.
Can you test my website?
Yes. Run the free Full Site Audit for a score in about a minute, or call us and we will test it with the same method used here.
Find Out How Fast Your Site Is
Send your website and we test it the same way we tested these, then tell you what is slowing it down. A real person replies, usually the same day.
Want a Site That Scores Like Ours?
We build it before you pay, and we test it on a phone before it goes live.